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University of Colorado

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academicFounded 1876
Boulder, CO, United States
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The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder developed and built Libera after NASA selected it as the first Earth Venture Continuity mission.

Mentioned as: University of Colorado BoulderOrg RelationshipFeb 4, 2026NASA Libera payload completes testing for future Earth energy tracking mission

The research team included Julia Cisneros of Virginia Tech’s Department of Geosciences and collaborators at the University of Colorado and Brown University.

Mentioned as: university of coloradoNarrative GeneralJan 28, 2026Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) leads the AtmOCube mission in collaboration with the University of Wuppertal and the University of Colorado Boulder (LASP).

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralJan 15, 2026NASA Selects AtmOCube Mission to Study Orbital Wave Interference

A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study TRAPPIST-1 flare activity.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralDec 10, 2025TRAPPIST 1 flares mapped to probe planetary habitability

The DUSTER investigation is led by Xu Wang of the University of Colorado Boulder under a contract valued at 24.8 million dollars over three years.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative FinancialDec 10, 2025NASA prepares new lunar dust and seismic studies for Artemis IV

Marcus Holzinger is the inaugural Hatfield Endowed Professor in Space Policy and Law at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralNov 17, 2025Colorado Boulder advances research and education in space law and policy

An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder conducted experiments to recreate the chemistry deep in space.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralNov 4, 2025Chemists find clues to the origins of buckyballs in space

The research team included scientists from UCLA, Pennsylvania State University, the University of the Netherlands, and the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2025Newly found super-Earth orbits nearby star in promising habitable zone

The Case for Mars conference was organized by Christopher McKay, then an astro-geophysics Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Mentioned as: University of Colorado at BoulderTechnical ProductOct 20, 2025Spinning, spinning, spinning to Mars

Erin Overcash, 34, is a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander with a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering and master’s in bioastronautics from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralSep 23, 2025All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates

The Lunar Compact Infrared Imaging System is managed by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Mentioned as: University of Colorado at BoulderOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2024NASA contracts Intuitive Machines for Lunar South Pole research delivery

The National Cybersecurity Center collaborates with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the Colorado cybersecurity and SpaceCyber ecosystems to deliver an integrated interdisciplinary cyber center.

Mentioned as: University of Colorado Colorado SpringsOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2024National Cybersecurity Center to host SSC’s Spring 2024 AEE Symposium

In Orbit Aerospace won a $1,800,000 AFWERX contract to develop a novel method of spacecraft docking in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2024In Orbit Aerospace wins $1.8 million AFWERX contract

The University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) assembled, tested, and operates CUTE.

Mentioned as: university of coloradoNarrative GeneralDec 12, 2023Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions

The Regents of the University of Colorado Boulder is a lead institution selected under the University Consortium Research Opportunity 2.0/Space Strategic Technology Institute 1.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralAug 29, 2023USSF awards University Consortium Research Opportunity 2.0

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, EO Vista, the University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, and Southwest Research Institute won $800,000 contracts to perform definition-phase studies of the coronagraph for the NOAA Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 mission.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoOrg RelationshipMay 3, 2023NASA awards contracts for NOAA coronagraph studies

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems delivered a spacecraft simulator to the University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in support of the Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor-2 program.

Mentioned as: University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space PhysicsOrg RelationshipMay 2, 2023General Atomics delivers spacecraft simulator supporting NASA TSIS-2 program

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs enrolls more than 12,000 students and offers 52 bachelor’s, 24 master’s, and eight doctoral degree programs.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralMar 30, 2023Space ISAC stands up Operational Watch Center to keep pace with proliferating threats to space systems

STAR-X will include a spacecraft built by Ball Aerospace, an X-ray telescope (XRT) provided by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a UV telescope (UVT) provided by the University of Colorado.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNoiseSep 13, 2022Ball Aerospace selected for NASA’s Astrophysics study

Compact Total Irradiance Monitor (CTIM) is a 6U cubesat funded by NASA and developed by the University of Colorado Boulder to test whether a cubesat can measure total solar irradiance with the same precision as larger spacecraft.

Mentioned as: University of ColoradoNarrative GeneralJul 2, 2022Virgin Orbit launches Space Force mission
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